# Celebrities on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297 "2008-09-12T16:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/1 "2008-09-12T16:24:35Z")
Say a celebrity was a member and actually wanted us to know it. How could he/she possibly convince us that he/she was actually that person? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/2 "2008-09-12T16:36:51Z")
You know, I asked Angelina that very same question just this morning after our morning sexercise, but she was more concerned with deciding which country we should adopt a kid from next… ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/3 "2008-09-12T16:41:03Z")
By posting on his or her own celebrity website, and saying something like . . . > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Tina Fey** > A lot of you might not know this, but on the Straight Dope Message Board, where I post frequently, I’m known as **Sigmagirl**. Of course, somebody like Tina Fey might be persuaded to do it for a joke. But I guess that is how it could be confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/4 "2008-09-12T16:48:29Z")
Show up at a DopeFest. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/5 "2008-09-12T16:52:25Z")
When you’re as famous [as I am](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Giles), you don’t need to bother about proof. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/6 "2008-09-12T16:54:55Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Say a celebrity was a member and actually wanted us to know it. How could he/she possibly convince us that he/she was actually that person? Tell us which celebrity you are, and we’ll tell you how to convince us. But I’m not convinced many celebs live in southern Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/7 "2008-09-12T17:05:43Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Tell us which celebrity you are, and we’ll tell you how to convince us. But I’m not convinced many celebs live in southern Illinois. Whitey Herzog, John Malkovich, Dick and Jerry VanDyke, Paul Simon, Gretchen Wilson and many other celebs hail from Southern Illinois. They did live there, at one point. I’m sure there are many others. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/8 "2008-09-12T17:08:35Z")
The answer to this is simple, naked pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/9 "2008-09-12T17:08:56Z")
Not \*that \*Paul Simon. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/10 "2008-09-12T17:14:44Z")
Posting a picture of your face with a webcam pointed toward an SDMB screen with your “Welcome [Username]” readable in the background would do it for me. Of course, we’ll have to endure the hue and cry of “Photoshopped!” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/11 "2008-09-12T17:15:48Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Whitey Herzog, John Malkovich, Dick and Jerry VanDyke, Paul Simon, Gretchen Wilson and many other celebs hail from Southern Illinois. They did live there, at one point. I’m sure there are many others. Well, yeah, _before_ they were celebs. Are there any current celebs living there? (Not dumping on you. I grew up in desolate West Texas.) EDIT: I had to look up Gretchen Wilson. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/12 "2008-09-12T17:17:06Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Of course, we’ll have to endure the hue and cry of “Photoshopped!” :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] I’m convinced that some people would cry “Photoshopped!” about pictures that they themselves are in. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/13 "2008-09-12T17:22:00Z")
We have had a few minor celebrities known on the SDMB. For the most part, they haven’t had to provide any further proof than demonstrating their known area of expertise. This might, of course, be a little more complicated for those celebrities whose area of expertise is “Looking really pretty”, or the like. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/14 "2008-09-12T17:41:34Z")
Just a minute, Is Abby Winters a celeb or not? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/15 "2008-09-12T18:08:50Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Just a minute, Is Abby Winters a celeb or not? Gets _my_ vote. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/16 "2008-09-12T18:12:58Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Gets _my_ vote. Well, there’s a difference between “well known” and “celibrity”. \*\*Abby \*\*is well known due to her endevors, but I doubt she’d be counted as a celeb anywhere else but the net. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/17 "2008-09-12T18:56:07Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Well, yeah, _before_ they were celebs. Are there any current celebs living there? (Not dumping on you. I grew up in desolate West Texas.) You’re from Desolate? We used to play their high school in football! > [@Siam Sam](#): > > EDIT: I had to look up Gretchen Wilson. You make it sound unpleasant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/18 "2008-09-12T19:03:24Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > You’re from Desolate? We used to play their high school in football! > You make it sound unpleasant. 🙂 In reality, I’m from Bumfuck. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/19 "2008-09-12T20:05:11Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > In reality, I’m from Bumfuck. And now you’re in Bangkok. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297/20 "2008-09-13T01:06:36Z")
Next time they’re on Leno or Letterman or whatever, casually work into the conversation about how odd it is that we’ve been to the Moon, but we’ve only been to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. Once. For twenty minutes. Or drop a reference to “1920’s style death rays”. Or just say “And a shout out to all my homies on the Straight Dope Message Board! Yo!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-the-sdmb/463297.md?page=2)